Kikiyo Sai

Kikiyo Sai is a Fanloid Derivative character. She was made when Tik Tok user, known as @eddsey, used an AI art filter on a Hatsune Miku figurine, and said that she would jokingly trick somebody into thinking she was a forgotten VOCALOID.

History
Kikiyo Sai's story is that she's a fallen angel. When she fell from heaven, she landed in front of a girl called Mera Pona. Mera took Kikiyo in and helped her adjust to her new environment. Mera Pona also gifted her a bunny hat, which she can be seen wearing often. Kikiyo loved this hat, and named it ChiChi. She then used her 'angel powers' to bring ChiChi to life.

It's rumored that Hatsune Miku's design was originally based off of hers, and that after Miku exploded in popularity, 'Kikiyo Sai' was scrapped and discarded by Crypton Future Media. Because of this, her songs, voice banks, art, and other things related to her were wiped off the internet. However, many people have allegedly found some portions of her lost songs, and have also attempted to recreate her voice bank.

Appearance
Kikiyo is a rather short, slightly bigger then average girl with beautiful dark-teal hair that is split into two ponytails. The most notable part of her design would be her uneven hair, having one pigtail being shorter than the other. It is said, however, that this is because her friend, Mera, accidentally cut her hair asymmetrically.

Her skin is pale, with notable pink cheeks. She has soft purple eyes, which can shade intensity depending on her mood, such as having light purple eyes when she's happy.

Additionally, she wears a short, ruffled bicolored dress. Her top is black, with the middle part being white. Meanwhile, the bottom half of her dress is white and pleated, having a small, yellow bow just underneath her chest, and more yellow lace on the bottom of the dress. She's also often seen wearing her famous yellow bunny hat, ChiChi, which appears to be a bit too big for her head. This has also has some white ruffles at the end of it, matching with her dress.

Relations
Mera Pona

Mera Pona is Kikiyo Sai's closest friend, and she was the one who originally helped her when Kikiyo first fell from heaven. Kikiyo seems to hold a great liking to her, often talking about her and expressing how grateful she is that Mera was the person whom she first met on Earth. She had mentioned Mera on one of her songs, however it is unknown what song it could be. It is speculated that Kikiyo might have a crush on Mera.

Miasma Midi

Miasma Midi is a friend of Kikiyo and Mera. They first met each other when Miasma accidentally bumped into Mera. They are now friends. Miasma Midi is also the sister of Luka.

Kokiyo Sai

Kokiyo is Kikiyo's younger sister. She has shoulder length brown hair and dull blue eyes. She's seen wearing a blue scarf and a red jacket. She currently still lives in heaven and hasn't fallen down.

ChiChi

ChiChi is Kikiyo's yellow bunny hat that she got from Mera Pona. Kikiyo used her angel power's to make him come to live.

Reception
Users on TikTok had taken a quick liking to Kikiyo Sai and had received her rather well, becoming well known amongst users, mostly those on the Vocaloid side of TikTok. Having 3.4M views on her hashtag, Kikiyo has received fanart, edits, and even some songs made with her 'voice bank'. Kikiyo, unfortunately, became rather notorious too amongst some people, having some users confused and not understanding where she originated from, not getting the joke, or if she was an actual Vocaloid or not. However, her creator has stated that Kikiyo is only a Fanloid, and never intended for people to get upset by her existence.

As of November 30th, Kikiyo's video of origin currently has 1.3M views and 3672 comments, encouraging people to talk about her more, jokingly or not. This has caused Kikiyo's existence to spread to other parts of TikTok outside of VocaloidTok.

Controversies
Kikiyo Sai, as well as her creator, eddsey, have received a small amount of backlash regarding her existence. The most popular complain is people remarking how her creator, as well as other TikTok users, should clarify that she was never a real Vocaloid to begin with, or use tone tags when it came to talking about her. Some of the other complains and concerns users have expressed is how it is not safe for some ND people to be 'gaslighted' into thinking she ever existed before Miku, expressing how one TikTok user had a breakdown over not finding any actual information on Kikiyo Sai.

On November 30th 2022, her creator released an statement and apology expressing how she should've used tone indicators when talking about Kikiyo Sai, and saying how she never intended for anyone to be upset over something that was supposed to be a harmless joke. She also encourages her followers to state that Kikiyo's creation was mainly to be just satirical, and to not make someone distressed or upset over the joke, since Kikiyo is just a character people can have fun with. She also apologised for using the word 'gaslight', stating she should've used a 'lighter term'.

Trivia

 * The reason one of her pig tails is shorter than the other is because her friend, Mera Pona, failed trying to cut her hair.
 * In Kikiyo's debut song (which as of now has been removed from YouTube), さよなら☆彡 (Goodbye☆彡) Kikiyo was supposed to have a younger sister who disappeared, and the song was a goodbye message to her.
 * Kikiyo's most popular song was called 死ぬために生まれてきた (Born to Die).
 * Kikiyo's name in Japanese (ききよさい) Translates to "Listen". Meanwhile, Sai ( 再 ) roughly translates to "Again".
 * Kikiyo's V4 Power Voicebank was Drawn by a fan for the "Kikiyo Power Contest".

Found audio
Someone claimed to have found lost audio from さよなら☆彡. Its a short clip of the instrumental